Erik Schatzker - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Erik Schatzker is an anchor and editor-at-large at Bloomberg Television

Bloomberg Television

Bloomberg Television is a 24-hour global network broadcasting business and financial news. It is distributed globally, reaching over 200 million homes worldwide. It is owned and operated by Bloomberg L.P...

and the host of the early-morning newscast "InsideTrack," a program about investing which is directed toward an audience in United States.

Schatzker has 15 years of experience covering investing and the economy and ran Bloomberg's coverage of financial services in the Americas prior to joining Bloomberg Television.

Erik earned a bachelor's degree in history from the University of Toronto. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and two daughters.

Career

Schatzker began at Bloomberg as bureau chief in Toronto for Bloomberg's Canadian news coverage. In 1998, he moved to Bloomberg's New York Headquarters to work as a features writer, editor, manager and reporter. Previously, he worked for Knight-Ridder Financial/Bridge News.

In 2007, Schatzker started his work in Bloomberg Television, where he remains today.

Schatzker has interviewed a number of high-profile guests including hedge fund legend George Soros

George Soros

George Soros is a Hungarian-American business magnate, investor, philosopher, and philanthropist. He is the chairman of Soros Fund Management. Soros supports progressive-liberal causes...

, Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo & Company is an American multinational diversified financial services company with operations around the world. Wells Fargo is the fourth largest bank in the U.S. by assets and the largest bank by market capitalization. Wells Fargo is the second largest bank in deposits, home...

Chairman Richard Kovacevich

Richard Kovacevich

Richard M. "Dick" Kovacevich, is retired chairman of the board of directors and previous CEO of Wells Fargo & Company.A native of Tacoma, Washington, he grew up in Enumclaw, Washington. At Stanford University he received BS and MS degrees in industrial engineering, followed by an MBA degree from...

and former Bear Stearns

Bear Stearns

The Bear Stearns Companies, Inc. based in New York City, was a global investment bank and securities trading and brokerage, until its sale to JPMorgan Chase in 2008 during the global financial crisis and recession...

CEO Alan "Ace" Greenberg. In March 2009, Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein

Lloyd Blankfein

Lloyd Craig Blankfein is an American business executive. He is currently the CEO and Chairman of Goldman Sachs. He has been in this position since the May 31, 2006 nomination of former CEO Henry Paulson as Secretary of the Treasury under George W...

agreed to do his first-ever TV interview with Erik, following a meeting with President Barack Obama. Schatzker has also represented Bloomberg Television at the World Economic Forum

World Economic Forum

The World Economic Forum is a Swiss non-profit foundation, based in Cologny, Geneva, best known for its annual meeting in Davos, a mountain resort in Graubünden, in the eastern Alps region of Switzerland....

in Davos, Switzerland.

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